【王江涛】每天一段考研英语经典段落DAY99
经典段落
①A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic include settlers and sojourners.②Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay.③Between 1908 and 1915, and 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed.④About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good.⑤They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio”, birds of passage.(2013年考研英语二阅读理解text2第1段)
26.“Birds of passage” refers to those who____
[A] immigrate across the Atlantic.
[B] leave their home countries for good.
[C] stay in a foregin country temporaily.
[D] find permanent jobs overseas.
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① immigrant[??m?ɡr?nt]
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②settler[?setl?(r)]
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③ sojourner[?s?d??:n?]
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④folk[f??k]
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⑤permanent[?p??m?n?nt]
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⑥depart[d??pɑ?t]
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⑦a quarter of
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⑧eventually[??vent?u?li]
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⑨for good
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⑩affectionate[??fek??n?t]
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①A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic include settlers and sojourners.②Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay.③Between 1908 and 1915, and 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed.④About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good.⑤They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio”, birds of passage.(2013年考研英语二阅读理解text2第1段)
一个世纪以前,横跨大西洋的移民包括定居者和旅居者两种。在这些一同前往美国的人们中,很多人指望在美国永久定居,但也有人无意定居,希望赚到一些钱之后就回家。在1908至1915年间,大约有七百万人来到美国,然而大约有两百万人又离开了。举个例子,当时大约有四分之一的意大利移民最终回到了祖国永久居住。这些移民甚至有一个亲切的昵称——uccelli di passaggio,即“候鸟”。
本段回顾了美国的移民历史,为下文中引出移民问题作铺垫。句①概括指出来美的移民者中有定居者也有旅居者。句②又进一步说明了两种移民的区别。句③至句⑤运用具体数据说明了两种移民的数量比例,并引出了旅居者的特别绰号。
26.“Birds of passage” refers to those who____
[A] immigrate across the Atlantic.
[B] leave their home countries for good.
[C] stay in a foregin country temporaily.
[D] find permanent jobs overseas.
26.候鸟指的是那些____
[A] 从大西洋彼岸移民的人
[B] 暂时留在异国的人
[C] 永远离开祖国的人
[D] 在海外找到固定工作的人